Marion leads Mavs past Suns

Posted: January 23, 2012 - 11:46pm

DALLAS — Shawn Marion scored a season-high 29 points and the short-handed Dallas Mavericks stretched their home winning streak to seven games with a 93-87 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Monday night.

Marion, who entered with five 3-pointers all season, went 4 of 6 from behind the arc and 11 for 20 from the field.

Top scorer Dirk Nowitzki and key reserve Vince Carter remain out for the defending NBA champion Mavericks (11-7), who returned home from a 2-2 road trip.

Grant Hill scored a season-high 19 points for Phoenix.

Several area boys and girls soccer teams are in action Tuesday and throughout the week.

■ Soccer teams in action: Amarillo High’s girls travel to Borger for a 5 p.m. Tuesday match. Caprock is at Lubbock Coronado, and Palo Duro plays an alumni game at 5 p.m. The Lady Rebels of Tascosa travel to Happy State Bank Field at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium to take on Canyon at 7 p.m.

■ Rockets win 7th straight: In Minneapolis, Kevin Martin scored 31 points to lead the Houston Rockets to their seventh straight victory, 107-92 over Minnesota on Monday night in coach Kevin McHale’s first game back at Target Center since he was fired by the Timberwolves in 2009.

Kyle Lowry had 16 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds and Samuel Dalembert grabbed 15 rebounds for the Rockets, who put the game away with a 19-1 run bridging the third and fourth quarters.

Tyshawn Taylor added 17 points in another solid performance, and Kansas (17-3, 7-0 Big 12) used a big surge through the middle of the second half to wrap up its 10th consecutive victory and extend its winning streak at Allen Fieldhouse to 17 in a row.

Elston Turner had a career-high 24 points for the Aggies, who played without starting forward Khris Middleton, their second-leading scorer, who has a knee injury.